She sees Detroit as a city fit for urban farming because of its land abundance, but also for its makeup as a predominantly Black metropolis. “This whole idea that Detroit is coming back, ...

With Rushdan's appointment, Detroit joins Atlanta, Philadephia, Boston and Washington D.C., in hiring a director of urban agriculture. Her salary is $112,000 a year.

The downtown Detroit skyline is visible from Featherstone Garden, an urban farm next to the MGM Grand Detroit casino, which serves and sells fresh produce to neighbors and local restaurants in ...

Urban agriculture has been a response to Detroit’s vacant land concern among residents and city officials for decades — more than a century, even, if you consider former Mayor Hazen S. Pingree ...

Detroit, which revolutionized manufacturing with its auto assembly lines, could once again be a model for the world as residents transform vacant, often-blighted land into a source of fresh food.

Since 2016 Detroit has gained more than 22 new large scale gardens and farms. As these new farmers put down roots, some wonder what the future of urban agriculture will look like there.

With lots of empty space and a shrinking population, Detroit may be ready to try something radical: urban agriculture. It's a city in crisis – but with potential for a big comeback.

Detroit should aggressively promote urban agriculture for a large part of its nearly 50 square miles of vacant land. The amount of Detroit's vacant land is incomprehensible even to urban experts ...

Can Urban Farming Brighten Detroit? Brightmoor is one of many blighted neighborhoods in Detroit, but a small group of people is hoping to save it through farming.

Hantz Farms, a company owned by wealthy investors, has bought 1,500 abandoned lots on Detroit’s lower-east side for half a million dollars.

Then, in 2013, Detroit passed the Urban Agricultural Ordinance that legalized what Hebron and many Detroiters were already doing — farming and communal gardening. In the 10 years since the ...

The downtown Detroit skyline is visible from Featherstone Garden, an urban farm next to the MGM Grand Detroit casino, which serves and sells fresh produce to neighbors and local restaurants in ...